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FLEAS OF VENEZUELA by Vernon J. Tipton' and Carlos E. Machado-Allison- ABSTRACT Forty-three species of fleas were collected in Venezuela by personnel of the Smithsonian \'enezuelan Project. Currently there are fifty- two species of fleas known from Venezuela. Four new ta.\a are described: H ormopsylki cryp- tica, Ctcnidiosomus pcrplexus, Adonrtopsijlla antiquorum ram and AdoratopsijUa antiquorum recta. The females of AdoratopsijUa antiquornm discrcta Jonlan and Rotlisrliihlopsylhi noctilionis (Costa Lima) are described. The families Steph- anocircidae {Cleopsijlla, Craneopsylla, Plocop- sijUa, Sj)liinctopsyUa) and Pygiopsyllidae {Cten- idiosomus) are reported from Venezuela for the first time. Two male specimens of the genus Orchopeas constitute the first record of this genus in South America and records of species of the genus Pleochaetis are the first reported for Venezuela. Illustrations are provided to fa- cilitate identification of Venezuelan fleas. INTRODUCTION Venezuela, a country of great fascination to zoologists, is geographically located so that elements of the Amazonian, Andean, and Mid- dle American faunae are represented. The rhopalopsyllid genera RhopalopsijUus Baker and Pohjgenis Jordan and the hystrichopsyllid genus Adoratopsylla Ewing are characteristic of the .\mazonian flea fauna. The Andean flea fauna, virtually unknown heretofore in Vene- zuela, is represented bv the stephanocircid gen- era Clcopsylla Rothschild, Craneopsylla Roths- child. Plocvpsylla Jordan and Sphinctopsylla Jordan, the pvgiopsvllid genus Ctenidiosotmis Jordan and the hystrichopsyllid genus Neo- tijphloceras Rothschild. The Middle American fauna, also poorly known in Venezuela, is con- tained primarily in two ceratophyllid genera, Pleochaetis Jordan and Orchopeas Jordan. Papers published to date have dealt prin- cipally with the Amazonian flea fauna in Vene- zuela. .duze, et al. (1947) listed 21 species and subspecies, and the list was subsequently enlarged to include 29 species and subspecies bv Cova Garcia and Taliaferro (1959). Ma- chado-Allison (1966) recorded .30 spcKies and subspecies, and his list is essentially the same as 'Department of Zoology. Brigham Ynunp l'mr^ilv, Piumi. I'l

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Fleas of Venezuela

Vernon J Tipton and Carlos E Machado-Allison
Brigham Young Univ Sci Bull 17: 1-115 (1972)

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